diff --git a/scripts/validate_pr.py b/scripts/validate_pr.py
index cbc6fa1bd..5a2a0401b 100644
--- a/scripts/validate_pr.py
+++ b/scripts/validate_pr.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import re
 import shutil
 import subprocess
 import sys
+import urllib.parse
 from pathlib import Path
 
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(__file__))
@@ -72,6 +73,22 @@ LARGE_FILE_ISSUE_URL = (
 )
 
 
+def large_file_issue_url(result: ValidationResult) -> str:
+    """The issue form with the values this run computed already filled in.
+
+    GitHub fills an issue form field from the query parameter named by its
+    id: filename, sha1, md5 and size in missing-bios.yml.
+    """
+    fields = {
+        "title": f"[BIOS] Missing: {result.filename}",
+        "filename": result.filename,
+        "sha1": result.sha1,
+        "md5": result.md5,
+        "size": str(result.size),
+    }
+    return f"{LARGE_FILE_ISSUE_URL}&{urllib.parse.urlencode(fields)}"
+
+
 class ValidationResult:
     def __init__(self, filepath: str) -> None:
         self.filepath = filepath
@@ -358,14 +375,15 @@ def validate_file(
     if ext in BLOCKED_EXTENSIONS:
         result.add_check(False, f"Blocked file extension: {ext}")
 
-    if result.size > MAX_FILE_SIZE:
+    too_large = result.size > MAX_FILE_SIZE
+    if too_large:
         # GitHub refuses a pushed file over 100 MiB, so a pull request cannot
         # carry it. Only a maintainer can add an asset to the release.
         result.add_check(
             False,
             f"File too large for git ({result.size:,} > {MAX_FILE_SIZE:,} bytes). "
-            "Leave it out of the pull request and open an issue "
-            f"({LARGE_FILE_ISSUE_URL}) with the hashes above and where the file "
+            "Leave it out of the pull request and open an issue, its hashes "
+            f"filled in ({large_file_issue_url(result)}), saying where the file "
             "can be obtained: a maintainer adds it to the `large-files` release.",
         )
     elif result.size == 0:
@@ -449,8 +467,8 @@ def validate_file(
         result.outcome = "unknown"
         result.add_warning(
             "Not recognised: no platform list or emulator profile declares this "
-            "file. Say in the pull request which emulator reads it, for which "
-            "system, and where the dump comes from"
+            f"file. Say in the {'issue' if too_large else 'pull request'} which "
+            "emulator reads it, for which system, and where the dump comes from"
         )
 
     normalized = os.path.normpath(relative)
@@ -466,7 +484,11 @@ def validate_file(
         set(),
     )
     expected_folders = sorted(expected)
-    if normalized.startswith("bios" + os.sep):
+    if too_large:
+        # The file stays out of the pull request, so no folder of bios/ is
+        # the contributor's to choose: the release asset is placed by hand.
+        pass
+    elif normalized.startswith("bios" + os.sep):
         parts = normalized.split(os.sep)
         here = f"bios/{parts[1]}/{parts[2]}/" if len(parts) >= 4 else ""
         makers = {folder.split("/")[1] for folder in expected}
diff --git a/tests/test_validate_pr_flow.py b/tests/test_validate_pr_flow.py
index 0cb7a8667..cab20c4b8 100644
--- a/tests/test_validate_pr_flow.py
+++ b/tests/test_validate_pr_flow.py
@@ -115,6 +115,30 @@ class OversizedFileAdvice(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertIn("open an issue", message)
         self.assertIn(validate_pr.LARGE_FILE_ISSUE_URL, message)
 
+    def test_the_issue_form_is_filled_and_nothing_points_to_the_pr(self):
+        """The link opened an empty form, and the same report said to put the
+        file in the pull request and under bios/."""
+        import urllib.parse  # noqa: PLC0415
+
+        path = self.tmp / "big.bin"
+        path.write_bytes(b"x" * 8)
+        validate_pr.MAX_FILE_SIZE = 4
+        result = validate_pr.validate_file(
+            "big.bin", None, {"sha1": set(), "md5": set(), "names": set()},
+        )
+        message = next(m for s, m in result.checks if s == "FAIL" and "too large" in m)
+        url = message.split("(", 2)[2].split(")", 1)[0]
+        query = urllib.parse.parse_qs(urllib.parse.urlsplit(url).query)
+        template = (REPO_ROOT / ".github" / "ISSUE_TEMPLATE" / "missing-bios.yml").read_text()
+        for field, value in (("filename", "big.bin"), ("sha1", result.sha1),
+                             ("md5", result.md5), ("size", "8")):
+            with self.subTest(field=field):
+                self.assertIn(f"id: {field}\n", template)
+                self.assertEqual(query[field], [value])
+        others = " ".join(m for _s, m in result.checks)
+        self.assertNotIn("pull request which", others)
+        self.assertNotIn("not under bios/", others)
+
     def test_the_linked_issue_template_exists(self):
         template = validate_pr.LARGE_FILE_ISSUE_URL.rsplit("template=", 1)[1]
         self.assertTrue(